Horse Racing - Australia & New Zealand

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Ruakaka · Wednesday 2 September 2026 · Race 4 · 1200

02:17pmStart

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Soft6Track condition

Race cardStatus

Tony’s shortlist

Fat Tony’s AI picks

13. Urchella

Class edge, 54 kilos and solid Ruakaka form—this filly looks the banker, capisce.

4. Foo Foo

Nearly nicked it fresh and maps to control the tempo from gate six—very dangerous.

1. Boomstruck

Peaking third-up, loves the Soft6 and gets the sweet alley. Big quinella chance.

5. Civil War

Trial win was sharp as a razor; Grylls aboard and plenty of upside first-up.

12. Unleash Yourself

Market has come for this trial-winning youngster—wide draw is the only fly in the cannoli.

The field

Runners and racing form

20 runners

No.	Horse	Barrier	Jockey / driver	Trainer	Win odds
1	Boomstruck	2	George Rooke	Jenna Mahoney	6.5
2	Triple Threat	17	Samantha Collett	Kurtis Pertab	9.5
3	Bunker Hill	16	Joe Doyle	Margaret Falconer	10
4	Foo Foo	6	Matt Cartwright	Alex Forbes	5.5
5	Civil War	12	Craig Grylls	Donna Logan	10
6	Kinross	3	Unknown	Shaun & Emma Clotworthy	20
7	Tsunami Sue	4	Kyle Wilson-Taylor	Kenny Rae	14
8	Skitso	19	Courtney Barnes	Maxim & Samantha Van Lierde	31
9	Literacy	8	Warren Kennedy	Natacha Otto	17
10	Mazzy Star	10	Ashlee Strawbridge	Kenny Rae	23
11	Sierra Nevada	15	Jasmine Fawcett	Donna Logan	31
12	Unleash Yourself	18	Masa Hashizume	Hollie Elliot	10
13	Urchella	9	Wiremu Pinn	Kenny Rae	3.7
14	Deema Tina Magic	13	Lynsey Satherley	Wayne Larsen	31
15	Water Catcher	14	Unknown	Bruce Wallace & Grant Cooksley	16
16	Mimoso	5	Unknown	Rick Wells	51
17	Lofty Wind	11	Unknown	Donna Logan	12
18	Cisco	7	Unknown	Michelle Bradley	16
19	Lumumba	1	Unknown	Cody Cole	16
20	She's A Diva	15	Unknown	Murray Garrett	41

Race context

Race preview

TRIPLE THREAT (2) was only narrowly beaten at Hawera the last time he was fresh, and he did win a recent trail, which suggests he has gone the right way since his spell. A wide gate is no help, but he can take this out. BOOMSTRUCK (1) was a fair fifth fresh up, and then improved quickly to finish third 18 days ago, both times on this circuit. He is peaking for this, and from a handy gate, he will be hard to hold out. TSUNAMI SUE (7) ran a couple of good races in her initial prep prior to having a spell. She will be resuming on her home track for the first time, and with a trial under her belt, she will be ready to rumble. FOO FOO (4) set the pace fresh up at Arawa Park and was only bloused on the line, beaten by a nose. He has a handy gate, and will try to take them all the way here. CIVIL WAR (5) won a trial prior to striking a couple of heavy tracks at his first 2 starts before being put aside for the winter. He has since won another trial very impressively. Can win.

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